Empress Lin Ance

Chapter 19 18. Being courted in the street!
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After walking for seven or eight days in a row, they finally reached the border of the Central Plains.

mountain city.

There are many mountains here, and the grassland gradually recedes, replaced by heat and dust.

At noon, I found a restaurant.

There were nearly a hundred members of the envoys, and the boss was also warm in hospitality. Tu Hechi took them to the large private room in the backyard.

The three of them appeared in the lobby of the restaurant in casual clothes from the Central Plains, and their appearance was the focus of the crowd.

Mu Dan is like someone who has never seen the world, and is very eye-catching.

"Wow, Ah Qing, you Central Plains people have so many tricks, what is this cold and transparent thing?"

"People here call it Hunyuan jelly."

"What about this crunchy one?"

"Qingxu enema."

It was very hot in August and September, and Chu Qingyan didn't have much appetite. She had eaten what Mu Dan said when she went to the grassland, and the taste was really good.

Huyan Xingchi didn't have much interest either, he didn't know what he was thinking.

"Clang" sound!
The woman next door to Chu Qingyan suddenly stood up, waved her round fan impatiently, looked out of the window and shouted, "It's over, it's over, the fat girl from the county master's house has come to find me a matchmaker again!"

"No, I have to hide quickly..."

The woman ran out quickly as she spoke, but happened to be stopped by a fat girl on the way.

"Aunt Li, I found you. Where is the man you said you wanted to introduce to this lady?" The fat girl looked around behind her.

"This, this..." Aunt Li wiped her sweat anxiously.

"Aunt Li, you won't lie to me, you took 50 taels of silver from me!"

The two of them were not far from the restaurant, and the people by the window were all watching the fun. The county magistrate's fat daughter hadn't married in her twenties, and the whole county knew about it.

Chu Qingyan also kowtowed melon seeds and listened to gossip.

"How could it be! My Aunt Li has been a matchmaker for more than 20 years, but she has never lied to anyone. Miss Xiangxiu, the husband you want...I have already found it for you!"

Aunt Li's eyeballs rolled around.

Xiangxiu was really happy, "Where is it? I want to see him now!"

Mu Dan also found it interesting, and together with Chu Qingyan, they knocked on the melon seeds, "I'd like to see where this matchmaker can conjure up a husband for this girl."

Aunt Li kept wiping away her sweat. She had never experienced this kind of brainstorming in her entire life.

Suddenly, her eyes lit up, "Xiangxiu, your husband...he is in this restaurant!"

"Really! Which? Is that my husband??"

Xiangxiu kept looking into the restaurant, but whenever she caught her eyes, she directly performed a "head off the table".

"Don't worry, it's the one inside..." Aunt Li frantically recalled the person she saw in the restaurant just now.

"The one with the long hair and the white dress, with the ring! The best one is your husband-in-law!"

After Aunt Li finished speaking, she didn't dare to wait for everyone's reaction, and got into the crowd without looking back!
As for Xiangxiu, she ran into the restaurant lobby full of joy.

Mu Dan suddenly kicked Chu Qingyan hard under the table.

"What are you doing?"

Chu Qingyan was obviously still out of the situation, frowned, and even wanted to kick back.

"Clothes, clothes, rings!" Mu Dan roared softly, really roaring...

However, it was too late.

"You are my husband-in-law!!" Xiangxiu stood in front of her, looking at Chu Qingyan in surprise.

At the last moment, Chu Qingyan was still burying her head in eating melon seeds, so she could eat a melon by the way.

The next moment, she became the object of everyone's melon.

"...Auntie, girl, you have identified the wrong person."

Chu Qingyan really didn't realize it, she was a girl herself, how could she have the consciousness of being treated as a husband?
"I'm not mistaken, white clothes and rings, but you are the most handsome boy in the whole restaurant! You are my husband!"

Xiangxiu smiled at her, with piles of flesh on her face, even a little cute.

Chu Qingyan looked opposite, Huyan Xingchi who also wore a ring but was dressed in black, and Mu Dan who bit his lip hard to avoid laughing.

People around are eating melons.

She scratched her head, she really had no experience in rejecting a girl's courtship...

"Girl, to be honest, I already have a family and two children, and I will not let her down in this life."

If a man was here at the moment, she wouldn't be so embarrassed at all, but girls are thin-skinned after all.

As expected, Xiangxiu was struck by a bolt from the blue, and stayed where she was, speechless.

"Heh-huh! Cough cough..." Mu Dan almost couldn't hold back his tears, he could use up the expression of his whole life today.

Huyan Xingchi glanced at him, frowned and moved away.

Chu Qingyan thought she would just give up.

But I didn't want to, the girl stood there for a while, and suddenly looked at her firmly again.

"It's okay, for you, I... I can, I can-uh!"

Chu Qingyan covered her mouth.

Saying such shameful words, it is estimated that this girl will become someone else's talking point in the future.

Xiangxiu blinked her eyes, and Chu Qingyan scanned the surrounding people who were waiting to hear the story.

"Girl, come with me."

Xiangxiu was also obedient, and followed her out without crying or fussing. Everyone's eyes followed them out, and even discussed whether to follow her out.

Huyan Xingchi frowned, and suddenly slapped his chopsticks, everyone was awakened instantly, and they lost all thoughts of gossip.

After about a stick of incense, Chu Qingyan came back again.

Mu Dan kept looking behind her, "Hey, where's the girl?"

"give up."

"why?"

"He has a good family background and a good personality. As a person who has been married, I am naturally not a good match."

Chu Qingyan said these words in a loud voice, allowing those gossiping people to hear them clearly.

Not long after, there were discussions all around.

"...Don't tell me, Miss Xiangxiu actually looks pretty good except she's a little fatter."

"The most important thing is that she is the favorite of the magistrate of the county. It is a blessing to marry her without worrying about food and clothing for the rest of her life..."

"..."

"Speaking of not worrying about food and clothing, my family is almost out of control now."

"My family is the same. This year's drought is not easy, but the imperial court has allocated relief funds. It is estimated that it will be here soon. Let's wait."

"Ugh……"

Everyone heard what they said, but Chu Qingyan couldn't help frowning.

When she set off from Chang'an more than a month ago, the imperial court had already allocated disaster relief funds. There was no reason why she went to the grassland to go back and forth, and the disaster relief funds had not yet arrived.

In the evening, Chu Qingyan asked Yan Xiaoxuan to go out to investigate.

When Yan Xiaoxuan came back, Chu Qingyan calculated the news and found something was wrong.

"The disaster relief money was approved a month ago, and then departed from Chang'an. Even though there is a large amount of disaster relief money, it should be transported to the mountain city now. How could there be no news from the county government?"

"unless……"

impossible.

Chu Qingyan shook her head.

Whoever dares to risk his life to mobilize the money for disaster relief, even if officials withhold it halfway, will not miss half of it.

A string suddenly burst into her mind, "Where did the disaster begin, and there is no news?"

"It should be next door, Qin Cheng."

broken.

There were robbers in the year of disaster, she remembered the road from Qincheng to Shancheng...

Bandits are rampant!

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　Preview of the next episode: Rescue the disaster bank and meet old friends by chance!
　　
　
(End of this chapter)